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Over the last two years, in the PC business Michael Dell has been beaten like a rented mule. His company continues to lose market share particularly...
...their products. The strategy is working. By reducing toxic metals like mercury and using fewer small pieces of aluminum and glass, companies like Apple now design their laptops to be more easily recycled. Sony has pledged to work only with recyclers that pledge not to export e-waste. And Dell, which since 2004 has offered free recycling for its products (customers arrange shipping online), recently announced an in-store recycling program with Staples. To confirm that its recyclers are really recycling, Dell uses environmental-audit firms to check up on its partners...
Ireland's transformation in the 1990s was as sweeping as it was swift. Lured by low taxes and a young, well-educated workforce, multinational firms such as Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard set up shop, establishing Ireland as a bridge between the U.S. and Europe. Exports soared, helped by billions of dollars in E.U. development funds and the government's clever management of public finances. Growth took off too: the Irish economy expanded at an average of 6.5% a year during the '90s, more than double the rate of the previous decade...
...companies dominate the voting-machine market today: Election Systems & Software (ES&S), Sequoia Voting Systems, and Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems), all of which have been accused of facilitating - or participating in - fraud. Diebold renamed itself in 2007 following the resignation of its chief executive, Walden O'Dell, over a fund-raising letter sent before the 2004 election stating that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President...
Ultimately, both of those conditions will need satisfying before the electronics industry can go deep green. Companies like Dell - which sources one-fifth of its power from renewable resources and offsets the rest - will go green of their own accord, and customers may reward them for it. Other companies will need encouragement - like the system in place in Japan, where the ambitious levels of efficiency achieved by industry leaders are used to force the bottom of the table to catch up. For his part, Shapiro prefers "the carrot to the stick," pointing out that energy efficiency has been increasing, even...